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In a move that will surprise many, various Southern Baptist leaders have decided to support a declaration on climate change. This involves some 44 significant Baptist leaders and it marks a departure from the position on global warming adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention itself. Here is the article in the NY Times— http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/us/10baptist.html?th&emc=th These…

My former student Omar, has sent me the preaching sample of the week. In this sermon clip from You Tube you will learn: 1) how for a Christian male to be a real man; 2) what’s wrong with America and even its President; 3) why the’ ole King James’ is still the best; 4) what’s…

In a post-modern post-Christian age where atheism has gained some new life, it was to be expected that there would be some persons who thought it might now be possible to make Jesus and Christianity vanish without a trace through a certain kind of prestidigitation, or at least an enormous amount of revisionist history writing.…

The following is a brief section from my forthcoming two volume work on NT Theology and Ethics, entitled The Indelible Image. This portion of course is a subsection of the chapter on Paul.———————— The ‘New Perspective’ on Paul There is something of a small war going on in Pauline circles on the issue of ‘the…

My sister sent me this one, so don’t shoot me— BW3 ——————- A young man from Minnesota moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job. The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?“The kid says, “Yeah.” I was a salesman back in Minnesota.”Well, the…

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Jewish: 1.He went into his father’s business. 2. He lived at home until he was 33 3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his MotherWas sure He was God But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian: 1. He talked…

Jesus and Satan were having an ongoing argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering. Finally fed up, God said, “THAT’S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run…

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I am working away on a new book which will be a companion to the already published Incandescence, the collection of my sermons with spiritual formation exercises set up for the Christian Year. The new book authored with Julie Robertson (who also contributed to Incandescence) will be entitled The Living Legacy and will be out…

Meet your friendly neighborhood minister. His name is Jim Nimmons and he lives in a city named, wait for it, Cathedral City, California. You will learn in a minute why that name is ironic at this point. You’ll find the link to the NY Times story below at the bottom. Jim’s the pastor of First…
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